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Bluegrass Jam Along

Matt Hutchinson

"Bluegrass Jam Along is a great, great podcast" - Chris EldridgeThe IBMA Award winning podcast for anyone and everyone who loves bluegrass.Every week we feature interviews with musicians, writers, instrument makers and other key figures from the bluegrass and string band world, plus regular news and new releases.Guests include Alison Krauss, Sierra Hull, Tim O"Brien, Wyatt Rice, Jerry Douglas, Sarah Jarosz, Jarrod Walker and David Grisman.For more info visit https://bluegrassjamalong.com

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12:42

Bluegrass Briefing May 26th 2025

Bluegrass Jam Along ·

2025/05/26

Welcome to this week’s Bluegrass Briefing, a weekly series of episodes taking a look at what’s going on in the world of bluegrass. Here are the links to stuff mentioned in this episode. News and Announcements (Church Street News) Romp Festival lineup and ticketsBluegrass Hall of Fame gigsGreen Mountain LineupHardly Strictly BluegrassCarolina Chocolate Drops documentary Releases (The Grass is New) George Jackson PatreonTristan Scroggins PatreonCaterina Lichtenberg Mike Marshall & Fr...

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36:34

Wayne Erbsen on 50 Years of Writing About Southern...

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2025/05/21

My guest this week is Wayne Erbsen, professor of old-time and bluegrass music at the University of North Carolina at Asheville. Wayne joins me to talk about half a century of writing about old-time and bluegrass music, including his latest book Southern Mountain Music: The Collected Writings of Wayne Erbsen. Over the past 50 years Wayne has interviewed many legendary figures in Appalachian music, as well as many lesser known names (including the guitarist who acted as AP Carter's 'human tape...

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12:55

Bluegrass Briefing May 14th 2025

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2025/05/14

Welcome to this week’s Bluegrass Briefing, a weekly series of episodes taking a look at what’s going on in the world of bluegrass. Here are the links to stuff mentioned in this episode. News and Announcements (Church Street News) Bluegrass on Hudson lineup and ticketsIBMA WOB ticketsIBMA International Stage applicationsNote - the deadline is being extended to the end of MayPhillips, Grier and Flinner tour dates Releases (The Grass is New) The Grass is (mostly) New 2025 playlist Ot...

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51:45

Jason Carter on his 33 Years With the Del McCoury Band

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2025/05/07

My guest on the podcast this week is six time IBMA Fiddle Player of the Year Jason Carter. Jason recently ended his 33 year run with the Del McCoury Band and we talk about that extraordinary journey, from the fascinating story about how he got the job in the first place, to the decision to move on and what comes next. We also talk about the huge changes bluegrass has gone through in those 33 years, how Del's career grew alongside that, recording The Mountain with Steve Earle and Jason's...

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23:12

Bitesize - Wyatt Rice on recording Church Street...

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2025/04/23

This Bitesize episode features a conversation I had with Wyatt Rice for a set of episodes in 2023 to celebrate the 40th anniversary of Tony Rice's 'Church Street Blues' album. Wyatt talks about his experience of playing on the sessions aged just 17, hanging out with Tony, the first time he saw an Ovation guitar at Tony's house and the track from 'Church Street Blues' he ended up playing backup on, even though he'd never played it before the tape started running. It was a really special interv...

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11:01

Bluegrass Briefing - April 21st 2025

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2025/04/21

Welcome to this week’s Bluegrass Briefing, a weekly series of episodes taking a look at what’s going on in the world of bluegrass. Here are the links to stuff mentioned in this episode. News and Announcements (Church Street News) Tony Rice Memorial Day Music FestBanjo in Sicily with Tony Trischka Releases (The Grass is New) Daniel Kimbro album - buy/stream The Grass is (mostly) New 2025 playlist Scroll on Buddy Alison Krauss vinyl reissueSoul Folk book Other bits Sign up for...

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45:25

Katie Harford Hogue - Julia Belle: The John Hartford...

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2025/04/16

My guest this week is Katie Harford Hogue, who joins me to chat about the wonderful album 'Julia Belle: The John Hartford Fiddle Tune Project, Vol. 2' We discuss how the project came about, following the discovery of dozens of John Hartford's notebooks, kept between 1983 and 2001, full of as many as 4,000 original fiddle tunes he'd composed. That led to the book - 'John Hartford's Mammoth Collection of Fiddle Tunes', followed by two albums, the second of which we're exploring today. Co-prod...

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10:52

Bluegrass Briefing - April 14th 2025

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2025/04/14

Welcome to this week’s Bluegrass Briefing, a weekly series of episodes taking a look at what’s going on in the world of bluegrass. Here are the links to stuff mentioned in this episode. News and Announcements (Church Street News) Darol Anger’s Big Book of Tunes vol 3 Releases (The Grass is New) The Grass is (mostly) New 2025 playlist Scroll on Buddy Steve Earle’s Fifty Years of Songs and Stories tour dates Other bits Sign up for emails https://bluegrassjamalong.com/contact/The Gr...

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24:44

Bitesize - Rachel Baiman on Connection, Conversation...

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2025/04/09

This Bitesize episode comes from an interview I did in April 2023 with Rachel Baiman about her wonderful record Common Nation of Sorrow I re-listened to the episode (and the album) recently and this section really stood out. We chat about storytelling in music; the power of infusing a song with emotion; the importance of connection and conversation and how music can foster community. I really enjoyed this and found it thought provoking to listen back to. I hope you find something interestin...

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8:29

Bluegrass Briefing - April 7th 2025

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2025/04/07

Welcome to this week’s Bluegrass Briefing, a weekly series of episodes taking a look at what’s going on in the world of bluegrass. Here are the links to stuff mentioned in this episode. News and Announcements (Church Street News) Earl Scruggs Music FestivalRhiannon Giddens and Kristina Gaddy book Releases (The Grass is New) The Grass is (mostly) New 2025 playlist Scroll on Buddy Billy Strings and Sierra Hull - Midnight on the Stormy Deep Other bits Sign up for emails https://blue...

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10:56

Bluegrass Briefing - March 31st 2025

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2025/03/31

Welcome to this week’s Bluegrass Briefing, a weekly series of episodes taking a look at what’s going on in the world of bluegrass. Here are the links to stuff mentioned in this episode. News and Announcements (Church Street News) North Carolina Guitar Celebration Releases (The Grass is New) Darol Anger & Mike Marshall with the WDR Big BandSpotifyCDThe Grass is (mostly) New 2025 playlist Scroll on Buddy Dawg at 80 - Hartford’s Reel (with Sam Bush, Billy Strings and more) Other b...

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44:45

Sierra Hull - A Tiptoe High Wire

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2025/03/19

My guest this week is Sierra Hull. Sierra has been a guest on the podcast twice before and both times we chatted about an ongoing project she's been working on since her last record 25 Trips. That project eventually became her new album, the wonderful A Tiptoe High Wire, which we talk about in this episode. Recorded over four sets of sessions over a two year period, the album features Sierra's current touring band, as well as including guest appearances from Béla Fleck, Tim O’Brien, Ronnie Bo...

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57:43

David Grisman - Celebrating 35 Years of Acoustic Disc

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2025/03/12

My guest this week is a legend of American string band music. When David Grisman raised his middle finger to MCA Records, after being dropped for failing to meet arbitrary sales targets, he couldn't have known it would spark a 35-year musical revolution. As one of America's foremost, and best loved, mandolin virtuosos turns 80 this year, he offers a fascinating glimpse into the birth, evolution, and future of Acoustic Disc, the independent label he founded in 1990 that became a vital ar...

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10:38

Bluegrass Briefing - March 10th 2025

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2025/03/10

Welcome to this week’s Bluegrass Briefing, a weekly series of episodes taking a look at what’s going on in the world of bluegrass. Here are the links to stuff mentioned in this episode. Pod News Bluegrass Jam Along guests on mandolins and BeerAppleSpotifyBluegrass Standard article on Bluegrass Jam Along! News and Announcements (Church Street News) I’m With HerAlbum preordersTour dates Releases (The Grass is New) The Grass is (mostly) New 2025 playlist Other bits Sign up for ema...

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12:51

Bitesize - Bluegrass Jam Along guests on the...

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2025/03/05

This week's episode is a Bitesize episode, which is a short section highlighting a previous episode you may have missed, which feels apt, given that this is episode #450, so the back catalogue is getting pretty big! But, it's not a previous episode of Bluegrass Jam Along. This week I'm sharing part of an episode on mandolins and Beer, because the guest was....me! Daniel has been on my podcast a couple of times and was kind enough to invite me onto Mandolins and Beer to chat about how I got in...

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9:58

Bluegrass Briefing - March 3rd 2025

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2025/03/03

Welcome to this week’s Bluegrass Briefing, a weekly series of episodes taking a look at what’s going on in the world of bluegrass. Here are the links to stuff mentioned in this episode. Pod News Doc Watson 100th birthday episodesPart 1AppleSpotifyYouTubePart 2AppleSpotifyYouTubeBluegrass Jam Along guests on mandolins and BeerAppleSpotifyBluegrass Standard article on Bluegrass Jam Along! News and Announcements (Church Street News) Telluride lineupRockygrass lineup Releases (The Grass is ...

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59:21

Celebrating 'JD Crowe & The New South' at 50 with Tim...

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2025/02/26

My guest this week is Tim Stafford, who joins me to celebrate the 50th anniversary of one of the best loved and most influential albums in bluegrass. 'JD Crowe & The New South' was recorded in January 1975 and released in August the same year. Tim joins me to chat about what makes it such a milestone record in bluegrass, despite it not really being a bluegrass album at all in some ways. We chat about the musicians who made it so special, including the rhythmic magic Tony Rice and JD...

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10:07

Bluegrass Briefing - February 24th 2025

Bluegrass Jam Along ·

2025/02/24

Welcome to this week’s Bluegrass Briefing, a weekly series of episodes taking a look at what’s going on in the world of bluegrass. Here are the links to stuff mentioned in this episode. Pod News Bluegrass Jam Along guests on mandolins and BeerAppleSpotify News and Announcements (Church Street News) Rhiannon Giddens’ American TunesDelFest Lineup Releases (The Grass is New) Sierra Hull - Spitfire videoSierra Hull - tour datesMax Wareham - tour datesThe Grass is (mostly) New 2025 pla...

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59:57

Jake Workman on 9 years with Ricky Skaggs & Kentucky...

Bluegrass Jam Along ·

2025/02/19

My guest this week is guitarist Jake Workman. Jake joins me to talk about his recently ended 9 year run with Ricky Skaggs and Kentucky Thunder, including a great story about how he got the gig, what he learned from playing with Ricky, why rhythm guitar is so important in that role and why now was the time to look for a new challenge. We also talk about Jake's long standing teaching career, including his thoughts on why listening is more important than transcribing and the importance of being ...

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13:26

Bluegrass Briefing - February 17th 2025

Bluegrass Jam Along ·

2025/02/17

Welcome to this week’s Bluegrass Briefing, a weekly series of episodes taking a look at what’s going on in the world of bluegrass. Here are the links to stuff mentioned in this episode. News and Announcements (Church Street News) Grey Fox FestivalCasey Driessen Fiddle Camp Scholarship Releases (The Grass is New) The Grass is (mostly) New 2025 playlist Scroll on Buddy/In my ears 1925 Fiddle Convention 100th anniversary tribute pre-orders‘Complete’ Tone Poems at Acoustic Disc Othe...

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